Callianassa ghost shrimp OK in sand bed?
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Hi,
It probably wouldn't bother the sand bed fauna much, but you might need a really deep bed to keep the shrimp happy. Some Callianassa dig burrows severa meters long and deep. I would love to find some tropical Callianassids to try in a sand bed, but they are unavailable here. If you do try one in your aquarium, please consider a report letting me/us know how it worked.
It probably wouldn't bother the sand bed fauna much, but you might need a really deep bed to keep the shrimp happy. Some Callianassa dig burrows severa meters long and deep. I would love to find some tropical Callianassids to try in a sand bed, but they are unavailable here. If you do try one in your aquarium, please consider a report letting me/us know how it worked.
I'll do that.....if I ever see him again.
I caught him under a small rock on the coast near where I live, so we're not talking about a Tropical species. (He's been in my sump for the last few days. I've now moved him to my refugium.)
He looks exactly like the picture in the book INVERTEBRATES by Julian Sprung, page 173, bottom picture.
Thank you very much for your help !
I caught him under a small rock on the coast near where I live, so we're not talking about a Tropical species. (He's been in my sump for the last few days. I've now moved him to my refugium.)
He looks exactly like the picture in the book INVERTEBRATES by Julian Sprung, page 173, bottom picture.
Thank you very much for your help !
Hi,
All Callianassids look pretty much alike on a gross level, you need to examine them "up close and personal" to determine species, or frankly, even genus. I wouldn't care to identify anything using the reference you cited, it doesn't go into enough detail. I suggest you might check with a marine biologist at a local university for descriptions of the local fauna.
All Callianassids look pretty much alike on a gross level, you need to examine them "up close and personal" to determine species, or frankly, even genus. I wouldn't care to identify anything using the reference you cited, it doesn't go into enough detail. I suggest you might check with a marine biologist at a local university for descriptions of the local fauna.
I didn't look at him that closely myself.
I doubt if I could get much of an identification without taking the shrimp to a specialist, if there is one here.
Also, I gather there's a lot of work yet to be done in classifying Medditeranean species, even without taking into consideration the constant migration of species from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal (The major coastal current runs anti-clockwise, Northern end of the Suez Canal > Sinai Coast > Israel > Lebanon >Syria > Turkey. I've seen major changes quite frequently, and I'm far from being an expert)
I doubt if I could get much of an identification without taking the shrimp to a specialist, if there is one here.
Also, I gather there's a lot of work yet to be done in classifying Medditeranean species, even without taking into consideration the constant migration of species from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal (The major coastal current runs anti-clockwise, Northern end of the Suez Canal > Sinai Coast > Israel > Lebanon >Syria > Turkey. I've seen major changes quite frequently, and I'm far from being an expert)
Hi,
For many of the marine areas here in the states there are dichotomous keys or identification guides to the invertebrate fauna. Do you have anything like that to be able to use?
The problem with exotics must be driving people nuts, it is bad enough in some areas around here (particularly on the West Coast of the US - areas like San Francisco Bay are effectively trashed - so many invaders that there is nothing like the normal natural system left), but we don't have anything like the Suez to allow for migration.
Good luck with the identification process.
For many of the marine areas here in the states there are dichotomous keys or identification guides to the invertebrate fauna. Do you have anything like that to be able to use?
The problem with exotics must be driving people nuts, it is bad enough in some areas around here (particularly on the West Coast of the US - areas like San Francisco Bay are effectively trashed - so many invaders that there is nothing like the normal natural system left), but we don't have anything like the Suez to allow for migration.
Good luck with the identification process.
I suspect more effort is expended on tracking the migrations and population changes than on trying to catalogue the 'native' population. The canal was opened long before there was anyone around to make a serious attempt to catalogue fauna.
I've got a couple of identification guides, but nothing very useful. They don't even pretend to be exaustive. I'm not all that concerned with precise identification in any case. The thing's already in my system for good or ill.
Thanks again
I've got a couple of identification guides, but nothing very useful. They don't even pretend to be exaustive. I'm not all that concerned with precise identification in any case. The thing's already in my system for good or ill.
Thanks again
slylie
New member
Ron i ressurected this thread because i got a 'mud shrimp' from my lfs.. about 2 inches long and a nice orange color with medium sized claws.
looks like this one.
only more orange.
just wondering if u had any info on them. what ive learned so far is that they are extremely hardy, and filter feedders.. plus dig very long burrows (mine really seems to have gone to work on my dsb.
looks like this one.
only more orange.
just wondering if u had any info on them. what ive learned so far is that they are extremely hardy, and filter feedders.. plus dig very long burrows (mine really seems to have gone to work on my dsb.
slylie
New member
ron i have him in my 65g with a 5" sandbed. Should i get him out or leave him be? do u think he will attack and eat my ornamental shrimp?
currently, i have 1 blood shrimp, 1 anemone crab, 2 serpent stars and a red linkia, plus plenty of sps/lps coral.
are my livestock in immediate danger?
mollymonticello
Member
I'm bringing this thread back because I ordered a Callianassa Australiensis which is an Australian species. I have small gobies, a squat lobster, and a velvetfish. I am wondering if the Callianassa Australiensis will attack them. I think I should probably cancel that order...
LeslieH
Premium Member
Go ahead and re-instate your order. this species feeds by filtering particles or picking them from the sediment. On the other hand, in nature their burrows are up to 1 m deep so it's going to extensively transform your sand bed.
These two articles have some information on their feeding and tube structure although they're more about the species effect on the ecosystem.
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/134/m134p119.pdf
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2004/268/m268p205.pdf
These two articles have some information on their feeding and tube structure although they're more about the species effect on the ecosystem.
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/134/m134p119.pdf
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2004/268/m268p205.pdf
mollymonticello
Member
Thank you Leslie and Agu. Leslie, you are always so helpful here. Thank you.
Well, I got the critter, here is my account so far.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=12132241#post12132241
Well, I got the critter, here is my account so far.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=12132241#post12132241
